The summer school will run 10 sessions. Each day will have a morning and an afternoon session, apart from the three days that will be devoted to visits to archaeological sites and museums.

 

  • Session 1: Writing in Crete in the second and first millennium BCE
  • Session 2: The material culture of ancient Crete
  • Session 3: Trip to the archaeological site of Eleutherna and its museum
  • Session 4: Economy, society and the institutions of ancient Crete
  • Session 5: War and violence in ancient Crete
  • Session 6: Trip to the archaeological site of Cnossos and the Herakleion museum
  • Session 7: Sex, gender and family in ancient Crete
  • Session 8: Religion in ancient Crete
  • Session 9: Trip to the archaeological sites of Phaistos and Gortyn
  • Session 10: The image of ancient Crete in ancient Greek literature